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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
3
George H. Twaddle, resident news representative in Cedar Falla, is listed for the Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter. Offices at 111 West Fourte feet, telephone number 12, with office hours from 9 to 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Cedar Falls December 20 A special program will be held at the Christian church tonight to burn the church mortgage after the debt on the property was cleared. The event opens with a short program and addresses by Pastor Trev Andrew Scott Rev G D Serrill of Central Christian Waterloo and Rev C W Comstock district superintendent Waterloo. Sam Thompson Waterloo will participate in the musical program.
Cedar Rapids telegram reports Bob Kegley a popular Coe college student killed in action in France. He died October 27 while serving in Battery A of the 57th Field Artillery after 16 months in France. His father was a prominent Cedar Rapids physician and his brother Wellington Kegley coaches Mason City High football.
An effort aims to enroll every man woman and child in Cedar Heights and vicinity by 9 pm next Sunday. The executive committee includes C R Golly Birney Ajlen Mrs J O Ming Mrs David Stevenson E R Shoemaker and H C Moeller. Memberships can be bonded to any committee member or given at the church service or Sunday school.
The Spanish influenza is described as more deadly than the war. Authorities warn that cold weather and crowds will renew spread. Precautions include masks, hygiene, avoiding shared cups, and using a Hyomei inhaler sold by Wangler Brown as a preventive aid.
Advertisement praising California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, harmless laxative for children. It promises quick relief from constipation with a pleasant taste, notes that every bottle contains full directions, warns against counterfeit fig syrups, and instructs asking a pharmacist to ensure the product is from the California Fig Syrup Company.
An old advertisement touts Poslam Soap for itching eczema and various skin woes. It claims quick, reliable healing and antiseptic action, urging daily use to clear the skin, improve brightness, and reduce inflammation with a Laborator address in New York.
A vintage patent medicine pitch touts MEN-THO-EZE with lime roose gree and turpentine as a superior cold cure. It claims inhaled aromatic blends like winter, Breed, Pappermint ease throat and lung soreness within about 20 minutes, urging readers to keep a jar ready at home or buy from druggists and dealers.
An old advertisement touts a tonic and health builder claiming to remove warning coughs and colds with Colegrh or calefun tablets. It markets strength to fight illness and lists druggists and BURMAN LARGHATORY Philadelphia manufacturers of Wekman’s Alterative.
A W Cleveland writes from foul France dated November 24 to his parents detailing his voyage on the Vante Allecherle and his European travels in late 1918. He recalls camps near Pontanzon and Langres, the Marne source, Caesar’s cave, and life at the Toul front with air action, trenches, and wire entanglements, noting the altered censorship and daily hardships.
If your complexion is rough red or pimply do not conceal but treat with Resinol Ointments and Resinol Soap. This treatment cleanses the skin helps it breathe and usually removes blotches redness and roughness. Ask your dealer for Resinol Soap and Ointment.
A damaged ad text touts a miracle cure for rheumatism back pain and stiff joints claiming quick penetration and lasting relief. It also promotes a reusable antiseptic salve for burns bites and stings and markets a liver tonic with dubious claims and a money back promise.
A fifty year old family remedy rapidly relieves coughs colds and bronchial attacks and remains a popular cabinet staple. It works quickly and pleasantly and is offered at 60 cents and 1.20 dollars.
A historical advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a safe remedy for biliousness and headaches. It claims the pills relieve stomach discomfort and tongue coating by cleansing the bowels, presenting a comforting general remedy.
The text promotes Can's Miniment as a clean economical remedy for external aches stiffness sore muscles cramps and strained sinews. It promises soothing relief that penetrates naturally and urges readers to ask any druggist for it.
A Waterloo ambulance company member in France reports the 109th sanitary train HQ crew moved again on Thanksgiving Day. The headquarters and a skeleton of about 100 men left at 9 a.m. in heavy rain from VThonnatee to Chatedrunt, eight miles away, finding no food upon arrival.
An advertisement urges readers to take Beechan's Pills to stimulate the liver ease stomach upset regulate bowels and quickly restore strength. It touts rapid relief from heavy head dyspepsia and a sour taste with a dose or two claimed to rejuvenate the overall well being.
Soldiers hiked two miles to Al to obtain food and prepare a meal for themselves. They faced limited provisions by evening, while other units had been quartered at Chatonrupt. The narrative notes self reliance amid precarious supply conditions.
Big and Baby Bem Clocks II Lud wig s next to Paul Daviy. Readable fragments hint at a local note or caption involving people or items named Bem Lud and Paul Daviy, without clear event details or dates.
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